Table 2.

Blood glucose targets for patients on basal-bolus insulin regimen

Patient characteristics	Target blood glucose
	Fasting blood glucose	2-h postprandial blood glucose
Young, no comorbidities or diabetes-related complications	≤ 120 mg/dl (6.7 mmol/L)	≤ 160 mg/dl (8.9 mmol/L)
Patients with terminal illness and/or limited life expectancy or at high risk of hypoglycaemia	≤ 140 mg/dl (7.8 mmol/L)	≤ 180 mg/dl (10.0 mmol/L)a

^aCould be further relaxed to 220 mg/dl (12.2 mmol/L) if the target value cannot be achieved without causing undue hypoglycaemia